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my m, w35.. F, HERMES www TABLE Filed July 2l, 1933 INVENTOR HIS ATTORNEYS Patented July 16, 1935 OFFICE 1 weer Y TABLEV.. p I gv Frank nieaciiicg'g, n1. u w aplicados Ju1yl'21,v19sa,' sei-minaccimz 'Y solaires. 31.311435r` This invention relates to certain novel improvements in tables, and has for its principal-object -the provision ofv an improved constructionof this Y characterwhich will behighly efficienti inuse 5 vand .economicalin rnar'iufacture;y It is another object of 2 this invention to provide anV improved combination dining-room and vgame table. v Other objects of the invention are: toy provide novel devicesffor guiding and pivoting the table top leaves from horizontal position `to-collapsed vertical position and converselyrthereof; 'and' to provide improved:l latching'v devices for holding the tabletop leaves in horizontal position and against accidentalldisplacementftherefrom.

Otherobjects will appearr hereinafter.

The invention consists in the'novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed. l v

The invention will be best understoodby `reference tothe accompanying drawing, showing the preferred form'of construction and in which? Fig. 1 is a perspective viewshowing a preferredk form of the new table'and Ashowing .the table top leaves inhorizontal position and the table arranged for use as a dining room table; Fig. 2fis a perspective view ofthe table showing thetable top leaves in collapsed verticalv position and the tablearrangedV for use asa game table; l l

Fig. 3 isr4 a top plan view on line 3--3 in Fig. 2, with parts broken away to show the devices pro'- -vided for guiding and latching the table top leaves; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional View ofone '.of the new guiding and pivoting devices, on line 4-4 in Fig. 3; g Y Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line 5f?) in Figs; Fig. 6 is a perspective View showing `one of :the 40 .new guiding devices; Fig. 'l isl a sectional View on linel'I-'I inFig. 3, showing/the inoperative position of a device for latching thev table top leaves in.horizontall position; l .f ,A Fig. 8 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 7 but vshowing thelatching device in operative position;

and v Fig.- 9 is a'perspective view of the elements of the latching device.

,The new table includes a relatively stationary bed IB which may be constructed in the form of a game table, such, for example, as a pool or billiard table; leaves II which are arranged for projection into and relatively movable table topvhorizontal position above the bed I 0 to form with the bed Illa dining room table.

To guide and pivot the table top leaves I I vfrom 'the collapsed position of Fig. 2 Vinto the horizontal "position offFig. 1, and conversely thereof, I provide yguiding devices, one of which is shown dis'- assemble'd inlig. 6; Each of these guiding devices includes abar I2, andthese bars I2 are at tached' to the stationary'bed of the table along the'endsA thereof (Figi 3) Each of these bars I2 islguided in achannel-shaped guiding member `Iii-flinch of 'theguiding members I3 includes a pair 'of parallel rails I4 and I6 and these guiding members -I3 are attached by their rails I4 to the table top leaves II. The -bars I2 work between the railsIlI andIB of the guiding members I3.

'Formed' in each corner of the table bed vIll isfa socket II and uarranged iny each of these sockets ythe operationof moving the leaves I I rfrom horizontal vposition (Fig. D to collapsed vertical position-(Fig.v2)-the apertures-20 become registered Vwith, slots 22 that are formed in the end portions 'of Vthe Walls2 I ofthe guiding members I3, whereuponl the `tabletop leaves Il pivot downwardly upon-the' pivotmembers I8'and, in so'doing,` turn 'from horizontal to vertical position.

In"'making-the reverse turn from vertical to horizontalposition the table top leaves I I likewise pivot upon the lspring-urged pivot members II. 4To effect this operation the table -top leaves are merely lifted from vertical to horizontal position -az'id'pushedinwardly,y the outer ends of thepivot members I8 then abutting a'ngularly extending Vguidingten'gues'zi! formed in the Walls 2l ofthe guidingmemb'ers IBYby'punching out the slots 22.

4"Thesef"tongues'423 guidethe pivot members I8 u backl out lofthe' slots 22 and'against-the walls ZI of the guiding members I3.

To hold the table top leaves II in horizontal position latching devices 24 (Figs. '7, 8, and 9) are provided. Each of these latching devices 24 in-V cludes a hinge having leaf part 25 attached to the lower side of the corresponding tall top leaf and having a complementary leaf part 26 attached to the corresponding leaf part 25 by a conventional hinge joint 21. Formed in each hinge leaf part 26 is an aperture 28 and each of these apertures 28 is adapted to receive a latch bolt 2S. The latch bolts 29 are stationarily mounted in the bed l0 of the table between the ends thereof.

Formed in a flange I5 of each table top leaf is a socket 3Q (Fig. 8) and mounted in each ofY these stockets 3G is a spring 3|. These springs 3| normally surround the outer end portionscf the latch bolts 29 that are projected through the ap-.. ertures 28 (Fig. 8) and the springs 3| bear on the' hinge leaves 2li to urge the latter pivotally (counterclockwise, Fig. 8) into bindingpengagethe meeting edges of the leaves in abutting engagement with each other.

{Io release the table top leaves Yfor movement from horizontal to -verticalposition the hinge leaves 26 are grasped by their handle portions 32 and pivoted (clockwise, Fig. 8), thereby compressing the springs 3| and releasing the hinge leaves 26 from binding engagement with the latch bolts 29,` whereupon the table topleavoes` I| may be moved from horizontal to verticalposition in the aforementioned manner. l

, While I have illustrated and described theV preferred form of construction forcarrying my invention into effect, this is capableof variation and modification, without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, doy not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims. e

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to` protectnby Letters Patent isz A 1. A table comprising the combination of: a relatively stationary bed nand tabletop leaves movably associated withpsaid bednfor movement relative thereto into a common horizontal plane above the bed and for movement into collapsed vertical position at opposite sides of the bed; and devices for guiding and pivoting'each of s aid table top leaves during the aforementioned movements; each of said devices including the following parts: horizontal bars attached to the bed at opposite ends of the latter;` each. of said bars having apertures extending o transversely therethrough; guiding members attached to each table top leaf at opposite ends thereof andeach including spaced parallel rails slidably Vreceiving the corresponding one ofsaid bars;A each of said guiding members including awall `extending between said rails having a slot formed in one end portion thereof; and spring-urged pivot members slidably mounted in said bed and apertures and having end portions adapted for projection into said slots'when the latter are registered with said apertures during the operation of effecting the yaforementioned movements.

2. A table comprisingthe combination of: a relatively stationary-bed and table top leaves movablyassociated with said bed for movement relative thereto into a common horizontal plane above the bed and for movement into collapsed vertical position at opposite sides of the bed; and devices for guiding and pivoting each of the said table top leaves during the aforementioned movements; each of said devices including the following parts: horizontal bars attached to the bed at opposite ends of the latter; each of said bars having apertures extending transversely therethrough; guiding members attached to each table topleaf at opposite ends thereof .and each including spaced parallel rails slidably receiving the corresponding one of said bars; each of said guiding members including a wall extending between said rails having a slot formed in one end 'iportion thereof; and spring-urged pivot members v g Yslidably mounted in said bed and apertures and ment with the latch bolts 29, thereby latching the t having end'portions adapted for projection into table leaves in horizontal positionand holding' said slots when the latter are registered with said apertures during the operation of effecting the aforementioned movements; each of said walls including a portion angled from the longitudinal axis thereof and on thevside thereof opposite the corresponding one of said pivot members to guide the latter out of said slots into abutting engagement with said` walls during the operation of effecting the first-named of the aforementioned movements. 1

3. In a table comprising a supporting bed and top leaves movably associated therewith, means carried by said leaves extending inwardly and positioned between the top and bottomy surfaces of the leaves, to guide the leaves, when slid to and fro upon the bed, yieldable pivots carried by the bed for pivotally connecting the leaves thereto, said pivotsbeing operatively connected with said means, to permit the leaves to be arranged in a vertical position, and means carried by said Vfirstnamed means arranged to depress the yieldable pivots and thereby render the pivots inoperative when the leaves are slid inwardly of the bed in a horizontal plane.

4. In a table comprising a supporting bed and a leaf movably associated therewith, Va spring pressed pin projecting from one end of the bed varranged to provide a pivot for said leaf, a member carried by said leaf cooperating with the bed, `to permit-sliding movement of the leaf relatively 4to the bed in a horizontal plane, said member hav- `ing an opening arranged to receive the pin when the leaf is arranged in its pivotal position, and a finger carried by said member and projecting into said opening, to depress the pin out of the opening, to permit sliding movement of the leaf in its horizontal plane.

5. In a table comprising a supporting bed and top leaves movably associated therewith, track means between the leaves and the bed, to guide the leaves for sliding movement relatively to the bed in a horizontal plane, depressible pivots carried by said bed, said track means having openings arranged to receive said pivots so that the leaves may be swung into a vertical plane with respect to the bed of the-table, and deflecting elements carried by the track means arranged to 65 depress the pins for rendering the pivotal connections inoperative when the leaves are moved in their horizontal plane. FRANK HERNES. 

